The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 11, 1899, Page 14

14 THE FRANCISCO CALL, 189 ATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, LORD BERESFORD IS HERE TO SEE A Noted Englishman Discusses Questions of National Importance. He Has Been Studying Trade Conditions in the Orient and Will Return Home to Report to His Government. 600 T 20 16 0 060 10 06 06 06 06 0 16 06 00 030 10 20 20600 20 X0 0 0 30 N E XN N LORD BERESFORD’S PURPOSE. S. S. AMERICA MARU, Feb. 3rd, 1899. SIR: As you are good enough io ask me as to the object of my visit to America I have much pleasure in informing you that I am most anxious to obtain an opinion from some of the American Chambers of Commerce with regard to the future devel- opment of trade and commerce with the Chi- nese empire. If the American Chambers of Commerce are kind enough to give me an expression of their views on this subject' it would be extremely interesting to and apprecia- ied by the Associated Chambers of Com- merce of Great Britain, whom I have the honor to represent. I remain, Yours faithfully, — WM. HORACE WRIGHT Esq. CGOVGVUOUOCOUOO OV U DUV T OV N O TV TR OO oo eBegageBoTaFeBeBuReRafeRaRvRPaBoReRReR-RagoFegnPaFeReReRaFoRoFaRaBoFoTatas +O0+©+ Beresford Parliamen the of the trade velopment 2 of all ar- | This poli nations. is embodied in the expression, distinguished member of Z rancisco vesterday. atter- | the open door.' In other words, main- : America Maru 1ie | tain the treatles as they stand at present, < ica Mary. Heland thereby p ve the integrity of the wharf by British Consul | Chinese But unless the Chinese Pickersgill and Surveyor of | assist themseives by the organization of ATHE trE dsohansater army for police purposes, internal dis- - Sttt ons Bl es are sure to occur, which will | result in the breaking up of the empire, | and the ‘sphere of influence’ policy will | become inevitable. Such a policy would American soil | eventually lead to war disturbing the in- terests of trade and commerce. Hotel, where apartments were rd lands on aciti a Bri 5 and commission- "he ‘open door’ policy is the most oval navy and commission B S and comMISSIon” | gigantic question which has presented It- cia RInbers0r self for solution this century. It could easily be carried out by the four great notwithstanding the | powers interested in the trade of and his wonderful | China sting that the Chinese Govern- . in; I in effective under Ameri- Japanese of- e its army nization erman and ad. is @ mod- | efficient Bri age s to be arranged between keen ob- | the fou and China These four brimming | powers > no desire to acquire Chinese e csed | territory and by that means be in a po- and blessed sition to put on a tariff, excluding all oth- er nations from trade, but they have a opularity it has | pjght to ask it that they may protect across the | their treaty rights. for his success | “American trade and commerce is go- w He met | ing up by leaps and bouds, but there is no < in China and | Security for it now and none for future 1 L development. To give you an idea of to maintain the -an trade, 1 can state that during e hearty ap- and Japanese offi- reign merchants at ten years the importation of American cotton has increased in quanti- per cent, and in valu per cent. ) cotton has decreased in quantity per cent, and in value 5% per cent. e admiral said: to live any | English trading int s do not suffer in £ object 1n_coming | China, so far as English merchants are Fre - my own ideas, rned, because the English merchant hut-1o. try 1ews o1 the zreat | buys the American cotton and ships it to chiambers 1 the question | China in British bottoms, where it is sold of-. the - fut nent of trade in | to the Chinese. The importation of Amer- China. If e enough to get | jcan machinery, railroad material and oil Euch. opinion resent them to | is also rapidly increasing. the British ted Chambers of Com- | *“Regarding the Russian occupancy. of meice, whom I have the honor to repre- | Manchuria, I shall hold that a country has sent @ perfect right to take any steps which it In considering the great Chinese prob-{ thinks will be to the advantage and in- Jem- it to Scparate the com- | terest of its people; but our business is to political question. The | see that while this'is being done our own and stion of | toes are not stepped on. Russia has, by st de e line of | the best computation, a military force of the present time. The | over, 100.000 men in Eastern Siberia and i »cated is one that makes | north of China (Manchuria), out of which for peace, and is in the interest and de- | over 40,000 are scattered throughout Man- fOR SORSORROR SORORORSOR SO SORSOR SO SORSOR SOR 20N 2OR 2OL SOR 202 ZOR JOREORAORNO) “ ® OO 4 ® 52 ® - 4 ® & ® +O+@ + @4 404 GHOHD + O+ O4O + O+® + DHDHD + D+O46x 2 202202 LORZOR ZORFORJOR 20N SOL 202 208 JO3 SOR JO3 SOR SOR JOR K D4+ 0+04+0+ @#@#@&@0@9@0@*@_0 (O3 208 SORJORIORSOR & [S] + 94 04+0 4 DHOHOHDADH DI DIOIDID+OHOADHO DD+ D+ D+ D+ Lord Charles Beresford. churia. Although Russia’s trade with China is very small, particularly in Man- churia, she is employing feverish haste in completing her railroad and in forti- f)'lnfi powerful military and naval bases.” ‘When asked what he considered the most _important lesson of the late war with Spain, the admiral's eyves sparkled and his face glowed with enthusiasm as he replied: “The lesson we derive from the late war is one which history has repeated over and over again. That is, that good men and good officers, good discipline and good organization under a_first-rate leader al- ways win in action. When an admiral can organize his fleet so as to inflict a crush- ing blow on his adversary with little dam- age to himself, the victory is considered by some as being too easy to be of much consequence—too cheap to be good; but it should be considered a masterpiece of strategy, combined with perfect organiza- tion and discipline. The American peopls are justly proud of their recent victories, but the best ships and the best trained crews are useless in action unless com- manded by a brilliant leader, who adds to his qualiifications a master mind to en- able him to place his fleet quickly in a goslllon of advantage. The Americans ave such a man in Admiral George Dewey. “The very astonishing performance of the battle-ship Oregon, in her long run from San Francisco to the scene of hos- tilities in the Atlantic, challenged the ad- miration of naval men throughout the world. Her operations are a magnificent tribute to her builders, but we must not overlook the accomplishment of those who drove her through the waters, from the commander to the firemen in the hole below. “The Nicaraguan canal {s a magnificent enterprise and will be a benefit to the hu- man race. It would benefit the trade and A FORGER’S PEN MADE THIS NOTE Sensational Charge Brought by a Witness in a Battle for Half a Million. Mary Helen Murdock’s Claim Against Her Dead Uncle’s Estate Declared to Be Based on a Bogus Signature. commerce of the world, and particularly America and England. It there was a | difficulty with regard to the Clayton-Bul- | wer treaty, which I do not believe for a | moment, I would use every influence I | might possess for a public man to have | that di tly settled. | “I am most heartily and earnestly in favor of the so-cailed Anglo-American | alliance. Alliance, perhaps, is not the word. An understanding between two | kindred people of the same blood, origin, sympathies, laws and chivalrous, gener- ous sentiments, is far stronger than any alliance based upon paper agreement or problematic issues.’” His Lordship gracefully declined to publish his views on the American ex- pansion policy, increase in army and navy or any other American question upon | which the public mind is strongly di- | vided. “You pay me a great compliment,” he said, “in_asking my opinion upon such matters, but I do not consider that I am in a position to discuss them in any way whatever. I have always felt that nations know their own business best, and these are essentially American questions.” Lord Beresiord will be considerably en- tertained during his brief stay in this city, and on next Monday afternoon he will Be tendered a grand reception in the Chamber of Commerce, when he will meet the representative men of the community and will listen to an expression of their views on the subject upon which he has devoted his every energy and on which he has brought to bear his massive in telligence. | | | [ The famous old JESSE MOORE WHISKY Is | recommend by physiclans for family and | medicinal use because it is pnre. | incessant toil. ARY HELEN MURDOCK'S note of | note, payable to Mary Helen ngg_r_dm;l[cs, v ; years from |bearing date of September 5, 1877, 000, Davable twenty ¥ e Tate | back disfigurcd by various assienments, ate, and bearing interest at UiF P%, || was presented for settlement. The repre- of 1 per cent per month, purpOtnE o sentatives of the estate stood aghast have been signed by the late mll\i?flfl Te | when the note was presented, but it was William Murdock, the Colusa (,ol\’ljnu;'?ot paid. Sult for the recovery of the % the subject | face he note, with interest as rancher, which has long beeh, S B0 RRC | forth, briging the amount due up to the Of wonderment thtoughollt B A 0 sum irear $300,000, was commenced, and is nent, has been branded as a forgery. ds | BoW pending in the Glenn County Superior This note, with interest, now stands | D itomaire | GouTL On April 4 next it will go to trial, tate of the dead millio and E. S. Pillsbury of this city and At :gllnfi‘a‘:;;r\:sa:::u:tlng to half a million | torney Lusk of Chico, who represent the dollars, If it is a forgery, as| I can prove the instrument a forgery, and claimed by Chief of Police Lees ;’(“g | are preparing their case with that end in the best experts in the country, backed | view. The deposition of J. F. Turner has by the testimony of a witness, J. F.|been taken, and will be seitled and signed : -day. Turner, who has told the secret of its | to-day existence, claim that such it is, the en’or:(s ":{; OIPIt]!?g‘:lro)é\:?nixfi?%fci‘&'flffié?finfgfi: o fec)l‘ler'f'hixloo;&r 011‘1{“’1‘2::‘“:1? ?;:,‘: ary evidence, which will doubtles defeat and all of his Wl > of petty larcenists beside this gigantic conspiracy to swindle the estate of the dead capitalist. It is the forgery of the century, and for the greed of its perpe- trators, their daring and reckless pursuit of gold that it was never intended they should share stands without a precedent in the annals of modern crime. A few years ago William Murdock died in this city, full of years that had known He left a vast estate as well as a niece, Mary Helén Murdock, who had long enjoved the old man’s re- spect and his love. The old man had been | but a few months in his grave when a capitalist as well as seriously increase the troubles of one or more well-known citizens. At the time of Murdock’s death Turner was a well and favorably known real es- {ate dealer of this city and was enjoying a big income. The forgery, or allege: forgery, of the note occupied his atten- tion for a time, and although he was i no way connected with the alleged s: dle except for the purpose of obtaining evidence against those who launched it, it led him into a mire of trouble, from which, after a bitter legal battle, he has just succeeded in extricating himself, and is now in a position to tell his Story gainst those who would give their all to him behind prison bars. His deposi- n is an unusual one, in that it sets forth a story seldom heard in a legal trial. DROPS R 2OR2OR2OR JOR AL ) O] 4O + O 4D+ + O+ D4 IR 208 1Or SORYOR SOR JORJOR IO 3O Annie F. Brooks, a ance. resident of Vallejo. Her husband, who at Mare Is her mother. tice of the Peace and wealthy resident of them in Vallejo. time with her rélative. A week ago last appearance. disappearance. Investigation developed the fact that San_ Francisco. approved pompadour style. Miss Brooks two inches in height. mation about her daughter. A PRETTY VALLEJO GIRL DDAD+ DD + D+DHD + D+OHD + DHD4D + D+ P4D 4+ D4 + OHD4D + O+O+O 10, SOR O3 SOR 20X {04 208 04 204 {OR 4OA {02 SOR O3 SOR20R JOL OB SOR 02 SOR SO Whose Love for the Metropolis Led Her to Desert Her Home. HEN pretty Annie F. Brooks left her home in Vallejo just two weeks ago she little realized the pain mother. Since her sudden departure, the broken and now the distressed parent is in the city- supplicating the Po- lice Department to aid her in recovering her child. Last Thursday night she visited police headquarters to learn what success the officers of the law were having in their search, and while awaiting the arrival of the Chief she told a pathetic story of her daughter's disappear- The mother of the girl is Mrs. Thomas Nixon, a well-known and esteemed and for the purpose of aiding in the restoration of the daughter to Annie, who is a beautiful child by her former husband, S. M. Brooks, a Jus- She had no cares or worry—simply living a school-girl life with frequent visits to her aunt who lives in this city. voung girl became tired of a country existence .and spent a great deal of her her mother that she would have to return to San Francisco the same evening. As she had just come from San Francisco her mother firmly refused her request and the daughter seemed satisfied. Shortly after the refusal she asked and ob- tained permission to g0 to the Postoffice, The distracted parent instituted inquiries with little success. in her search by her husband and Mr. Acock, proprietor of the Waldorf of Vallejo, and a very, dear friend of the family. The latter later learned that his barkeeper, Emmett Conley, had thrown up his position and left town. friend of the missing girl it was immediately surmised that he had a hand in her veyance and was driven rapidly over to Benicia and then boarded a train for The missing girl is attired in a tan tailor-made suit and a lavender silk waist. She wore a large ostrich feather hat, and her hair was dressed in the latest She has dark hair and eyes and regular features. young lady has always had a longing for the stage, and with a view to satisfy- ing her desire for a footlight existence she has studied elocution with success. The missing girl has been frequently seen about the city escorted by a friend, and as the police have her picture and description it is very likely she will be taken into custody, as she is under age. Amos Howard, two well known young men of Vallejo, have knowledge of her whereabouts, but refuse to inform the anguished mother. Mrs. Nixon promises that if ‘“her baby" returns to her she will say not a word in rebuke. She says that her daughter fears being put under restraint if she returns, but the mother promises she will not be. band has recently written her that he wanted to see his daughter and signified his willingness to pay her expenses to his home in North Carolina. ‘While anxiously waitingetidings from her misguided daughter, Mrs. Nixon continues a personal search. She is almost distracted over her loss and is unable to sleep through the thought of her child being away from her. $She again visited the Chief’s office last evening, but gained no further infor- l Stripped of its legal phrase, and ques- tion and answer iorm, Turnér's deposi- tion contains the following sto started his story before Notary Mark Lane by telling how Lawrence S. Meggin- accuses of having forged ="note, came to his office in the spring OUT OF SIGHT of 18 when he (Turner) was at 4 Sut- et. He continues: Claiming to be {ll at the time and finding that Turner had nice sunny offices neatly fur- nished, Megginson wanted Turner to let him make them his headquarters and have his mail come there. Turner, the deposition sets forth, consented, and also gave Megginson one of the steel boxes in his safe to keep his papers in. It was not long before Mesgginson told Turner about having a note for $100,000 against William Murdock, Olimpo. Cal., da’ September 5, 1877, and due September 5, 1 bearing 1 per cent per month interest told Turner that the note would @® He amount to §480,000 when due, and that he had bought it for He told Turner that Murdock had a pet n whose name was Mrs. Minnie Mur- dock, and that Murdock had given his niece the note because he thought more of her than afy one clse. He told Turner that Murdock ‘was an old bachelor and had been sick a great deal, and that Minnie had always taken care of him when sick and that the ola man would | always pull Minnie on his knee and kiss her ‘whenever he got the chance, and that for a long time prior to the making of the note he had promised Minnie that some day he would | make her a nice present. Megginson said the time came when the old man handed Minnie the note and said to her, “‘Here, Minnie, is a note that will come due about the time I die, and with care it will be all the money you will want the balance of your life."" Meggin- on also said that the old inan told her that he would leave ample property to pay the mote when due. Megginson then told Turner how he got acquainted with Mrs. Murdock, whom | he called Minnie, and told how she had taken a great notion fo him and had told him all about the note. He said that Minnie was a very nice person and she had alwavs stopped at the same house where he lived when she came to the city and thit she had made a confidant of him. He then said that Minnie was afraid she would have trouble with the Murdock heirs about the note, 80 had agreed to sell him the note for $80,000. He then said she had assigned the note 10 'him and he had assigned it to his brother, William Megginson, in Ohio. Megginson then told Turner that he was to pay Minnie only a few thousand dollars of the amount until it came out of the estate, but to make the con- sideration right hefore the heirs he was having | his brother send him $5000, $6000 and $10,000 at a time, and he was having it come through the bank, and as soon as he drew it out of the bank he would take it to Minnie, pay it over to her, take her receipt and then at once take | the’ same money and send it back to his brother, and then in five or six weeks his brother would send it back again and he would make another sham payment, and so on. In this way he was paying the $50,000 to show [ORSOR JORSOR JOR O 2O SOX SO SO SO RO JORJORSORSORJOR SO 202 2 the consideration all right. “‘Well,” he salid, “while he had about $10,000 of his brother's money, he wanted to let his brother out of it and get some one to go in with him and stand half of the expenses all through, and when the old man died make the fight against the heirs, and after the $80,000 was paid and all expenses the balance could be divided with whoever went in with him.” He also said that Minnie had another note for §20,000 that she had got to turn over to him for. the 330, put the whole matter together, amount to_over 300,000 when due, and there would not be over $100.000 to pay out. the %4(—»@4@0@«@0@4@0»@0@4 O . It was about first of June, 1892, when cOllntra SG Ool G] l'a] Megeinson: Beganito make: the offers to CLEer He then showed urner the note, and when Turner questioned mm about the consiaeration given for the note the first thing Meggineon did was to show Turner two deeds signed by William Murdock betore a Notary Public, and he said: “You see there is no doubt about ture Yeing Willlam Murdock’s, as it s_exactly with the signatures on the Turner then noticed that one of the deeds was dated in 1573 and the other one in 159, and that both deeds were for the same piece of land. Megginson then told Turner that the last deed was given to correct an error in the description in the first deed. Turner then noticed that the name on the note which was and sorrow she was inflicting on_ her cheerful home-life has been the name on the the deed of 15%0. Turner did not then let on to Megginson what his suspicions were, but kept questioning him in many ways, Megginson thinking that Turner intended going in with him. Turner then asked Megginson what guarantee there was that Mrs. Minnie Murdock would not come back on him for the whole amount, after the estate was settled, if he did go in and bear half of the expenses. Meggingon then said he would bring Minnie, as he called her, and introduce her, and she would tell Turner that the whole mat- ter was left to him. Megginson did bring a woman to Turner's office whom he introduced as Mrs. Minnie Murdock, and said: -Now, Minnie will tell you all about the note her- self.’” She then fold Turner that she had s signed the note to Megginson for $0,000, and that anything that Mr. Megginson did ‘would be entirely satisfactory to her, as she had leit the whole matter in his hands, ‘About_this time Turner took Megginson down to see C. P. Robinson, an attorney, as Meggin- son was very uneasy about hls mode of pay- ments. He wanted to make sure that he coutd not get into ‘trouble with the Murdock estate people. Megginson and Turner went together to ask Robinson some legal questions about the assignment of the note and the mode of- his payments for the same. Megginson seemed to accompanied her, resigned his position Ashe County, North Carolina, lived with During the past year the Saturday she came home and informed and since then she has not put in an She was aided As he was a close Miss Brooks had entered a closed con- | September, 1802. went_over to Oakland to stay a few days to avoid the service of a subpena upon him from a party who wanted to take his deposition, and while over there he wrote to Turner, on’ Sep- tember 20, 1892, asking him to see Robinson about some matters in connection with the note. This letter is now in the possession of the attorneys representing the Murdock estates and corroborates the statements made by Turner. This letter the attor- neys are zealously guarding, and state that the admissions made by Megginson therein completely substantiate their con- tention that the note is a for%‘ery, and it will be, after Turner's deposition, proba- bly the first evidence introduced on behalf is only 17 years of age, and is five feet The It is said that Ed Robison and i o contention of forgery. pRre XD sHOTAE Hug Turner then ufid Megginson that would not go in with him unless he (Meg- ginson) would tell him the whole truth, as he did not believe the note was gen- uine. Turner told Megginson that he be- lieved the note was a forgery, and that unless he took him (Turner) into his con- gflenca and told him all about it and just ow it was obtained, he (Turner) would Murdock estate, are confident that they | This will place in the hands of | the effort to loot the estate of the dead | y. He | d from a banker at Sacramento, which she was | ‘which_would | dated September 5, 1877, compared exactly with | be very uneasy about the way he was having | his brother send the money here. 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Turn- T e waver, gave Megginson 1o under- stand that he would g0 in and fight the matter through if he would tell him the whole truth. Megginson then took Turner in‘g his confidence and told him all about | the matter. Megginson then showed Turner just what the note looked | like when it was signed by William | | Murdock and what it looked like after it was in his hands a few hours. | still, with marvelous statement .\lcrl;‘él{nfinn claimed that Minnie, as he called her, or Mary Helen Murdock (which is her name), believed up to that time and would always believe that her uncle had signefl the note for her for $100,- 000, dated September 5, 1877. Still the note présented for payment was not signed, it is claimed, by the dead man. 3 The ignorance of Mary Helen regarding the note is explained by Turner in his explanation of how the note was forged. Turner, after he gained the confidence of Megginson and the latter decided to tell Turner all, listened, he says, to the fol- i ng story of the forgery of the note: v Murdoc! death I called the | her uncle had promised her a present some this time before, and I told her that if she would | take a note which I would draw for $100 and her uncle to sign it I would then raise it to Vears. Mary Helen Murdock did not like the | scheme and said she would draw up a note for the full $100,000 and ge: her uncle to sign it, as she believed that if she rushed in and asked him to sign it he would do so without looking at the note. She orew up a note for $100,000 and then handed it to me and I placed | it in my pocket, being afraid that the uncle would read the note, refuse to sign it, and ruin our plans. When Miss Murilock wanted to get | the mote signed I handed her the one I had drawn up for $100. She rah off thinking that 1 had handed her the note for $100,000 in her | handwriting. She came back In a few min- utes, handed me the note and said that her | uncle had not even looked at the note, had signed it, and handed it back to her. In fact, She had mot looked at it herself, and did not know that it was the one I had drawn for $100, e took the mote anc excused myself. T | went away intending to ra se the note, and it immediately dawned upon ‘ne that it was not in Miss Murdock’s handwri!ing and she would | immediately discover the deception. I then | took the note she had dra®n up and endeav- ored to forge Murdock's signature, but I made a botch of it. In “onsequence I had ¢o useless notes on my fands. 1 procured nother blank note and traded and copied Miss | Murdock’s handwriting in the body of the note | and_then took Murdock's signature from the | deeq referred to, which was drawn in 1890, and traced it in part and copied the rest. Next | morning I presented it to “‘Minnie'” and subse- | quently it was assigned to me. | “"Sucn is the story of the forgery, and Turner avers that later the note was as- signed to Megginson's brother, William, who resides in Ohio. Turner, after he se- cured the story, refused to consider the proposition of ‘entering into the scheme, and when L. S. Megginson found this out he immediately lost heart and retrans- ferred the note to Mary Helen. Then the safest_way out of the difficulty and to close Turner's lips was to have him ar- rested, Turner says, and this Megginson, aided by one J. P. Frenna, did. Through all these vears Frenna and Megginson have done iheir best to obtain a conviction that would stick against Turner, but without avail. Now ‘Turner, wha claims that the whale thing was a blackmail scheme for. the purposé of beating him out of a large | amount of property and covering up the forgery, is going to start in on the same two parties and show up the other side | of the case. He claims that every word of the testimony given by both Frenna | and Megginson was false and perjured | testimony, which he says he can prove in the courts. He is going to show his full | hand, which he says will astonish the cit- izens' of the entire State. He promises revelations that will put him in a_differ- ent light and make Megginson and Frenna stir themselves to show that they are not guilty of sundry and startling crimes.. With certain documentary evidence and the testimony of Turner, Attorney E. S. | Pillsbury is confident in his position and | believes that when the case is finally de- | termined he will have secured a judgment | branding the note ‘the handiwork of schemers, whose greed for gold led them to overstep themselves and fall when | their claim was met in a court of justice. —_————————— For a Change Try any two l5c dishes. with small coffee, 2c, at’ Campi's, 106-108 O'Farrell st, oppo: Orpheum, and you'll not be disappointed. oy o o Silk is considered unclean by the Mo- hammedans, because it is the product of a worm. In the Divorce Courts. Dr. F. T. Bond, after a bitter Ie , 8 a e gal fight, has succeeded in securing a decres of divorce from his wife, Annie A. Bond. Dr. Bond alleged that his wife had caused him grievous mental of her ungovernabie ating scenes and proficiency in S of violent epithets. A e The contest to his complaint was hotly waged, but Bond succeeded in establish- ing his case, and Judge Troutt granted him a decree. The custody of a minor child was granted Mr: Bond, together with §15 2 month for its support. o De es of divorce have also been grant- ed Elizabeth Brehany from Martin J. Bre- hany on the ground of failure to rovide, and Blanche E. Meade from ichard Meade on the ground that the defendant had been convicted of a felony. Alfounce Smith has sued his a_divorce, al of complaint. —_————— Town Talk. The prevailing Kipling fad is very fully discussed in the editorial columns of Town Talk this week, and the poet- author’s claim to serious consideration in the world of letters is made clear. Will- iam A. Taaffe, who has written many charming stories, contributes a sketch en- titled “A Woman's Generosity.” The aphologist bids farewell in this issue of K Talk, as _the department is to be discontinued. There are some fine half- tones in the number, Scott Seaton, George A. Gohen, Victor D! . Miss Lottie Cunningham, Dr. J. J. Gallagher and Miss Felice Kingsford being pictured. 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